She has been with us for almost 1 year. Kya joined business to see the merchants point of view and behind the scenes work. Kya has been helping place designs on products, and tracking prices. Kya also learned how to make ads. Cheyenne is our business intern. Cheyenne has been with us for two sessions. She joined because she longs to be an entrepreneur. Cheyenne has been helping create ads, and putting designs on products. She learned how to convert files and how people make their products and profit.
Briana is our graphic design intern. She has been with BYA for almost 2 years. She chose graphic design because digital art is her favorite art subject. Briana has been making art for a presentation and designing a booklet. Ezra has been working with BYA since February and is our social media and marketing intern. Currently, Ezra is creating ads, scheduling social media posts, and writing blogs.
Each class has interns who assist instructors and explore new ways to expand BYA. Makaila is our career readiness intern and has been working at BYA for 3 years.
She joined because she enjoys individual projects and consistent tasks. Makaila focuses on the college process while also helping with resumes, cover letters, and talking about how the work force treats youth. Chazzon is one of the Career Readiness interns. Chazz joined BYA three years ago because he loves unity and creativity. He is assisting with resumes, cover letters, and self driven projects. Chaz is looking forward to teaching more teens.
Marcus is also an intern for Foundations of Art. Marcus likes to express himself through art. As an intern, Marcus has been assisting apprentices with procreate and photography projects while learning how to make surveys. Faith is our Foundations of Arts intern. She joined BYA because she has a passion for the arts. Faith has taught a class on color theory, and assisted the apprentices with their projects. During the internship, she has learned how to make google forms, teach a class, and prepare for art galleries.
Faith has been with us for two sessions. Baltimore Youth Arts' goal to provide arts programming, employment, and professional development opportunities for youth in Baltimore City has not slowed down. This year alone, we've employed 44 youth between the ages of in the Studio Apprentice Program. Youth continue to partake in career and college readiness training ; gain creative skills in various art classes , and build their business and marketing skills in product development and business class.
In June, the Youth Advisory Council was formed to make BYA more youth-centered and inclusive to young people's wants from programming, resulting in the creation of eight internship positions this fall session! Youth are able to explore their agency, receive mentorship, and make connections with peers, all while gaining the hard and soft skills needed in today's workforce. We continue to focus on young people who have connections with the justice system, giving them priority to employment as they transition from detention.
Your donation will allow us to continue hiring youth throughout Baltimore City and provide more opportunities for young people. To learn more about where your donation will go, please click here. Thank you for your continued support of Baltimore Youth Arts! Together, YAB members influence org-wide decision making to be more youth centered and inclusive of youth wants and needs.
Below get to know the board members, their interests, and what they hope to achieve while on the board. I joined the youth board because I wanted to bring more ideas [about projects and events] to the table and to make things more easier and fun.
My future goals are to go to college and then become a music producer. I [enjoy playing] soccer, listening to music and love hanging out with friends. Ayana, senior at Baltimore School for the Arts :. I joined [the youth advisory board] because I wanted to be able to help out and bring more ideas to BYA.
I hope to become an animator and illustrator after going to college. My favorite mediums would be digital art and acrylic painting. I like to make art focused on characters, more often animals, because I like to figure out ways to give them personality and tell a story with them. Fun fact: My favorite show is Gravity Falls.
I love being a part of the board and the BYA community in general. The interactions and people are always genuine. I joined the board to help voice the opinions of the youth in the program. I plan to go to college in hopes of pursuing a career that involves art. My favorite medium is paper illustration or digital illustration. Ezra, senior at Bard Early College :. After high school, I hope to move out of Baltimore. My preferred medium is photography.
Kya, junior at Baltimore Polytechnic Institute :. I want to be able to make apprentices feel safe about their feelings and make sure the apprentices are being corrected when they do something wrong. I want to bring more fun into the atmosphere [and] get to know everyone better. After high school I want to go to college and become a licensed psychologist. Then I want to be able to start selling my paintings and once I finish college I want to start dabbing into acting.
I like to make cartoon art. Fun fact: I love watching murder mysteries watch Bailey Sarian! We want to highlight and thank each and every person who spent time with the Apprentices this summer. From teaching an artistic technique to helping write a resume, we appreciate you and for supporting the amazing young people who work at BYA!
Sydney J. Allen is a Baltimore native who uses photography to center black folk, community, and culture. She is one of many recreating a narrative of life in Baltimore City. Sydney spoke with apprentices and taught a photo skills lesson on lighting and provided feedback on their photography. Latisha S.
She uses integrative approaches are used to assist clients in challenging problematic thoughts and behaviors. For clients with emotional, relational and behavioral issues centered around money, financial therapy is used to address and repair these conflicts. Latisha facilitated an interactive financial literacy and wellbeing workshop for apprentices during career readiness and how it is connected to youth. Albert Phillips Jr.
He specializes in urban education and youth development. Albert resides in Baltimore. Albert spoke to apprentices about envisioning their futures and led a workshop on how to present themselves digitally. Youth also participated in a college panel where they heard from local universities and colleges. Maria Emilia Duno is a writer, curator and educator based in Baltimore, MD studying in liberatory pedagogy and expanded notions of research that validate subjugated knowledge through play and exploration.
In , Maria Emilia co-founded The Menial Collection, a small arts library and collective research space in Baltimore, and continues to work producing exhibitions and programs in collaboration with their various community partners. Christina Calamio is the Peabody Conservatory Admissions Coordinator and has been working in higher education for the past 15 years, and with Peabody Conservatory the past six years.
She has a master of music degree in vocal performance from New England Conservatory. In Boston, she split her time between performing and higher education administration. Prior to her move to Baltimore, Christina worked as a free-lance singer in the Boston area. A mezzo soprano, she performed in the ensemble of Boston Lyric Opera, in addition to opera and oratorio solos with several smaller companies. Christina enjoys assisting families and prospective students in their search for a music or dance degree and hopes her own experience will encourage them in finding their own unique path.
Apprentices, Christina and Emilia during the Arts College portion of college panel day. We also want to extend a thank you to those who volunteered during in the career readiness class. Volunteers supported youth with developing and editing their resumes as well as helped youth practice their interview skills during mock interview day. Jeffrey Peterson is an Atlanta writer, teacher, and non-profit director. Sean Campbell has 6 years of experience in marketing technology space, 8 years of experience in music production and writing , and two years of experience in film production.
Dharna Noor is a writer and reporter at Gizmodo's climate change site, Earther, where she writes about environmental justice and climate change. Dharna grew up in Baltimore County and live in Charles Village. Over the years, Chazz has shared his passion for art, fashion, dance and justice with his fellow apprentices and staff. Read more below to learn more about Chazz, his experience with BYA over the years and his future plans.
I have been at BYA for three years, since One of my favorite projects we did at BYA is when we had to interview people [about] their perspective on Baltimore.
We actually recorded people and posted on the BYA instagram. We had to interview, and we were taught how to interview people and stuff like that like how to do the camera, sound, make the video, and everything.
I am looking forward to the sound art like the sound overlay stuff with Noor. It is something for you to do, and there's not a lot of programs and stuff for kids to do. My favorite thing to do is to dance, rap, to do hair, and design clothes.
I am an artist: I like fashion, dance and art. Anything that's going to do with art. Just getting into what I like to do and talent. Just go for my career and keep going forward. I am thankful for being on this earth. I am thankful for my family. I am thankful for the people who take care of me like my mom. And I am thankful for the things that I have in my life with me. Read below to hear from Apprentices Ayana and Elijah about their experience this summer!
My favorite project was when we took abstract photos baed off of legends and myths. I liked this project because it was interesting to find weird ways to try and depict it.
I liked that we were able to use multiple different types of photography with the different themes we chose, before being able to choose whatever we wanted for the final two series. This class has effected the type of work I do be making me think more about editing and how I can improve on my future works. With the things I learned in the photo class this session, I feel like I made some artworks that I was really proud of.
One of my favorite techniques was called plating, where we layered multiple photos to create one. Apprentices Faith and Cheyenne share their experiences in sound class, taught by Noor, this summer.
Read below to find out more! My favorite project so far was in photo when we were taking our self portraits, I really enjoyed that. I think it would be really cool if I could start including sound art into my art pieces. Check out the recording below to see a recording test that Faith recorded in class! We are learning about how sounds are are used in different ways so that the audience can relate to what the content creator is making.
For example: vlogs, movies and podcasts. My favorite project is the audio documentary. I would love to learn how to make my audience relate to the topics I love talking about. I love all parts of sound class because its another way for me to express myself which I have a hard time doing on a regular basis. This class has given me a way to verbally express myself along with a way to connect with the people around me which is all I want for my art to do.
Q: What school do you go to and what grade are you in? What projects are you looking forward to this sessions? Q: How has BYA shaped you? What is your favorite thing about BYA? A": BYA has showed me how to be a leader, and I just like the environment. Q: Why did you choose to join the Youth Advisory Board? A: I chose to join because I wanted to learn more about leadership and gain more leadership skills.
Having spent her pre-college years in Southern California, she moved to Baltimore just this past January and is excited to get involved in the community. She is looking forward to meeting the youth and learning all that she can from BYA this summer!
Zara is a rising sophomore at Johns Hopkins, studying neuroscience and public health. Since she was in elementary school, she has always been fascinated by how the human body operates and functions. As she learned more, she focused on the brain and nervous system, learning about cognitive functions and the anatomy that supports it.
With the rise of the coronavirus and the global pandemic, her interest in public health grew, leading her to pursue a double major. For the Summer session, she is really excited to work with Brady on career readiness and to facilitate discussions with senior apprentices to create the BYA career readiness pocket guide. She is also working to put together a furthering education panel for the youth towards the end of camp. Zara looks forward to working with and getting to know all the youth and is thrilled to be able to spend the summer at BYA!
In the Spring Career Readiness class, we held virtual workshops for resume building and mock interviews. Apprentices Russell and Gabrielle discussed their experiences with these workshops.
I really enjoyed both [workshops]. My favorite would have to be resume building because it helps with future jobs. I think I did good [with my resume] because I used the skills I learned in the class. When looking for a job as a year-old high school freshman, Alexandra Odom quickly realized that her options were few.
Though she was eligible to work with a work permit, few employers were willing to hire someone so young. After learning about the YouthWorks program from her older sister, she was eager to apply. Her first position with the program took place the summer after her freshman year, in Chinquapin Park, where she contributed to a team of youth whose goal was to maintain and beautify the park.
Since her first YouthWorks position in the summer of , Alexandra has spent six of the past seven summers in the program. With positions ranging from working in public parks to higher education, all of her YouthWorks positions have played a unique part in contributing to her goal to be a historian and professor of African-American history.
As Odom transitioned to become a part of the HireOne sector of the program, she was able to use these skills in other positions that included working for local landscape architecture firm Mahan Rykiel and her current position at the University of Maryland, Baltimore.
This summer, as Alexandra prepares to begin her year as a Fullbright scholar and masters student at Queen Mary University of London, she is working as a writing consultant in the University's Writing Center. As she ends her final summer in the program, Alexandra is proud to say that the YouthWorks program has been a huge contributor in her success as she continues on the journey to reaching her goals.
I first heard about YouthWorks my freshmen year in high school. Beginning my sophomore year in college at Frostburg State University, I decided to reapply for YouthWorks since I was not able to find a job last summer and was not aware that there was a Hire One job readiness program that allowed students to be eligible for professional jobs. I received a call from Ms. My mentor that summer was Dr. Nidhi Rawal, who is a physician in the gastrointestinal division at the University of Maryland Medical Center.
That summer was a defining moment for me and pushed me closer to my aspirations of becoming a physician. The kindness that everyone showed me during my time at UMB made me want to attend school there and return next summer. Being a part of the PHSR faculty was a huge learning experience about myself. I learned the importance of being on time, professionalism, and the importance of asking questions.
This May, I will be the first member of my family graduating with a BS degree in Health Science and graduating with honors. I hope to choose a specialty that will coincide with my research career in the future. July 25, YouthWorks interns learn valuable skills to succeed in higher education and careers.
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